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Introduction
The Customer Support Diagnostics package for the Windows Server 2003 family consists of important tools and data to help you diagnose system problems. When you contact Microsoft customer support for help, they will direct you to use these tools.
What is included?
Customer Support Diagnostics contains the following:
- Symbols. Symbols are names that software developers assign to various pieces of code. The package includes both retail and debug versions of the symbols. For more information about symbols, see Install symbols.
- Debugging tools. Debugging tools analyze failures and other problems that occur in the operating system and its applications. The package contains debuggers (KD, WinDbg, CDB), debugger extensions, and other related debugging tools. For more information about debugging tools, see Install debugging tools.
Install symbols
The 32-bit symbols package requires approximately 712 megabytes (MB) of hard disk space, and the 64-bit package requires approximately
486 megabytes (MB). To install symbols that match the version (retail or debug), click one of the following:
Install debugging tools
You can install either a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Debugging Tools for Windows. The 32-bit version is appropriate for most users
and you can install the 32-bit tools on either a 32-bit or 64-bit version of the operating system. However, if you are planning
on debugging an application on a Itanium-based processor, you should select the 64-bit version.
Debugging tools require approximately 24 MB of hard disk space. To install the debugging tools package, click one of the following:
To obtain the most current version of the Debugging Tools for Windows, see Microsoft Debugging Tools.
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